{
  "abstract": "Para athletes report relatively high rates of sports injuries and illnesses compared with non-disabled athletes as well as other health problems related to impairments, overuse injuries in daily life and mental distress.1 2 Additionally, many Para athletes at elite level need to navigate common life stressors such as maintaining a work-life balance, transitioning careers, financial uncertainty and parenthood. Despite all these challenges, most preventive frameworks, return to play protocols, pre-participation programmes and athlete health consensus guidelines in sports remain unsuitable to the unique needs of Para athletes. Moreover, the knowledge about Para athletes’ health is scarce within the sports and exercise community, and many athletes do not have the same support structures as non-disabled athletes.3",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Rehabilitation Medicine Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden"
      ],
      "name": "Kristina Fagher"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa"
      ],
      "name": "Phoebe Runciman"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa"
      ],
      "name": "Faatima Adam"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ), Auckland Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand"
      ],
      "name": "Marelise Badenhorst"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa"
      ],
      "name": "Maaike Eken"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Rehabilitation Medicine Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden"
      ],
      "name": "Hera Johannesdottir"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Physiology, Nutrition, and Biomechanics, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden",
        "Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Göran Kenttä"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa",
        "Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Lovemore Kunorozva"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Rehabilitation Medicine Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden"
      ],
      "name": "Jan Lexell"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden"
      ],
      "name": "Adam Stenman"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa",
        "Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar"
      ],
      "name": "Eirik Halvorsen Wik"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Rehabilitation Medicine Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden",
        "Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa",
        "IOC Research Center, Stellenbosch, South Africa"
      ],
      "name": "Wayne Derman"
    }
  ],
  "title": "A framework for safe, healthy and sustainable participation in elite Para sport",
  "uid": "076c8e97-c26b-5ad2-a247-bfd95a4f3c88"
}